Gear to Survive the B.C. Bike Race

Drivetrain: SRAM X0

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I’ve been riding this SRAM XO 2x10 drivetrain for more than a year, and it’s been remarkably worry free. My only hope would that my run of trouble-free rides would continue across the race’s seven stages. With a 39/26 front chainring combination and 11/36 spread in the back, the set up has a wide gear range that proved low enough to spin up steep trails that other riders hiked, and sprint past slower riders on the flats—though those opportunities were few and far between. Despite some muddy initial stages and 200 miles of racing, the drivetrain worked so flawlessly I didn’t even have to turn a barrel adjuster—it felt as smooth and crisp crossing the finish line as it was when the race started.